Kareem Adepoju Baba Wande & Tunde Kelani
At War Over Stolen Movie, Ti Oluwa Nile
Veteran Nollywood actor Kareem Adepoju aka Baba
Wande is not a happy man at the moment after he
got cheated by his best friend and colleague, movie
producer Tunde Kelani.
In an exclusive chat with Demola Olumila, Baba
Wande said he is tired of going to court every and
has handed over those who cheated him into the
court of God.
He further said that hit movie "Ti Oluwanile" was
written by him and handed over to Kelani to help him
produce but the producer has been keeping all the
proceeds from the sale of the movie into his pocket.
Hear the actor in his own words:
I once gave a marketer some of my works to sell for
me and he cheated me. I took the case to court but
after some time, I got tired of attending courts, so I
let it go. The popular film, Ti Oluwa ni ile was the
work of two of us but it is only one person that is
selling it today.
How many years would I spend on earth when I
spend most of my time in court? Let God be the
judge.
Tunde Kilani, a producer, director and cameraman is
my friend and he asked me to come up with a story
we could jointly develop and I wrote the story. He too
contributed a lot and that was how the film came to
be. Nobody could have envisaged the story would
grow into a big film like that anyway.
He is still a friend even though he is selling the movie
and I am not getting my entitlement. Even when I
needed the film, I had to buy it from him.
I had a story and he had the money. If I brought up
any legal issue, we would not do the film because he
would think I was being too smart.
When I wanted to celebrate my 50 years on stage, I
went to meet him and he gave me N50,000. He is
still my very good friend and if he has a production,
he normally invites me. Although occasionally, I ask
him about my entitlement because he is the only one
that is selling the movie and he tells me that he did
not really make money from the film.
I don't let it bother me. The sad part is that I have
many big stories but I cannot do a joint production
with anybody again. I should have sourced for
someone to jointly produce another big movie but I
doubt they would want to do business with me
because they know I am now wiser and I would
involve lawyers this time around.
Posted By David Aniemeka
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